18 Aug
1999
18 Aug
'99
3:52 p.m.
In message <199908190317.UAA09420(a)saul5.u.washington.edu>du>, Derek Peschel writes
:
Actually, I think the full name is "Plan 9 from
Bell Labs", which is more
faithful to the original title than "Plan 9" would be.
That's certainly the title of the introductory paper. In the
paper, though, it's just refered to as Plan 9 and the manuals
are identified as Plan 9, Volume 1 and Plan 9, Volume 2 on the
copyright pages.
You're right about
making marketing cringe, though!
I can't claim to have made the observation myself. I can't
remember where I read it, but the statement was made by somebody
at Bell Labs. I thought it was in the documents, but I don't
find it at the moment. Maybe it's on their web site.
Brian L. Stuart